. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VI. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST, 1876. No. 8. FLOKA OF JAPAN. [continued.] The forest trees principally consist of large Elms, which have the appearance of Ulmus campestris, so very common north of Europe. This tree attains a large size, averaging about four feet in diameter, and is most valuable for build- ing purposes. A large area is covered with deciduous Oak, consisting of Quer- cus serrata ; the beautifully leaved Quer- cus dentata, with a third kind. A large Ash, growing about 100 fee
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VI. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST, 1876. No. 8. FLOKA OF JAPAN. [continued.] The forest trees principally consist of large Elms, which have the appearance of Ulmus campestris, so very common north of Europe. This tree attains a large size, averaging about four feet in diameter, and is most valuable for build- ing purposes. A large area is covered with deciduous Oak, consisting of Quer- cus serrata ; the beautifully leaved Quer- cus dentata, with a third kind. A large Ash, growing about 100 feet high, is a very striking feature. Also, numbers of large "Walnut, which is cut up into boards, and used for insides of build- ings, where it is considered handsome. Large Magnolias and Cercidiphyllum grow abundantly. There is a repre- ^ sentative of the Snowball family, Vibur- num phlebotrichium. Also, Sophora Ja- ponica, with a tree like a Syringa. There is an Elm, from which is made a strong fibre woven into a kind of cloth, which is much in use. For dyeing yel- low and red they have a species of Ash and Alder. They have three kinds of Birch, one used for torches, and the other for fastening together boards of boats. Two kinds of Linden are very Vol. VI.—16. conspicuous. Coniferous trees grow only on the high elevations. They con- sist of two kinds. On the borders of streams there are three different kinds of shrubby Viburnum. A large Lily of peculiar appearance forms, together with the Lilium giganteum, a separate section of this genus, as it differs from other Lilies. It is frequently found in swampy places- Its leaves are very large, and its flower stalks very often attain a height of ten feet or more, bearing large flowers of a greenish white color outside; the inside is pure white, with purple spots at the base of each petal. It propagates solely from seed. According to Siebold's Flora Ja- ponica, it is Lilium cordifolium. There are several handsome herbaceous S
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